Why You Should Use Natural and Holistic Treatments
Alongside Conventional Remedies

How do you get rid of weeds in your garden?

You can...

Spray them

Cut them off at the base of the stem

Pull up the entire weed and its roots

Spraying the weeds may get rid of them, but you could experience undesirable consequences like killing your lawn or leaving harmful residue for animals or children to ingest. Similarly, conventional drugs may fix the symptoms of disease or even halt the disease itself for a time, but they can have negative implications on other parts of your dog’s body along with uncomfortable side effects. And in the long run, the disease – like the weeds – is likely to return.

Cutting the weed off at the stem avoids the problems caused by manmade
chemicals and gives the appearance of a healthy garden. But
just like spraying, the weeds will return. This can be
likened to surgery, which is very necessary in some occasions but does
not attack the foundation of the problem.

Uprooting a weed will ensure that the particular weed
will never return
just as addressing the root of a disease will keep your dog
healthy. Holistic dog treatments go after the
roots. If used in tandem with appropriate conventional
treatments (as practiced by most holistic
veterinarians), holistic treatments will
give your dog the best chance for recovery.

What Should You Keep in Mind While Seeking Dog
Treatments

Working with a sick or injured dog is an emotional time for you both. Remember that just as it took a while for the disease to get a foot hold in your dog, it will probably take some time for complete health to be restored.

Recovery time and levels from any condition will depend on your dog’s breed, age, overall health, diet, exercise level, former treatments and how long the disease has been present, so ask your vet for realistic outcomes depending on your dog’s circumstances.

How
Can I Tell If a Treatment is Working?

Common dog health problems can emerge quickly or progress over time. Sudden, acute illnesses should improve as quickly as a few minutes to a few days, while it may take several months before a chronic illness begins to fade away. And if a disease has progressed far enough, it could be dramatically improved but may never completely go away.

Over
the Short Term

With many holistic dog treatments, you will see a short period of time
when the condition or symptoms actually become WORSE. This is
usually a good thing! It means your dog’s body is reacting to
the treatment.

A good way to be sure that this is the case? If only one of
your dog’s symptoms (i.e. diarrhea) gets worse while everything else
seems to be improving, your dog is probably on the right
path. The worsening symptom should start to improve within
one day.

Over
the Long Term

According to Hering’s Law of Cure, a dog’s body will naturally lessen
the impact of a disease by:

Keeping it localized

Keeping it at skin-level rather than allowing
it to enter the vital
organs

Pushing it away from the head and vital organs and
towards the feet and
lower part of the body

Not allowing it to effect the dog’s emotional
state (and therefore
their instincts and ability to survive)

So if you see symptoms progressing in any of these directions it is
typically a good sign. For example, if your dog has an organ
disease and begins to develop a skin rash after treatment, it is a
solid indication that they are on the path to recovery.

Other good signs of recovery include...

Improvement in energy level and mood

Normal appetite

Normal bowel movements and urination

Normal sleep

Self-grooming

Finally, do not be alarmed by bodily discharges! It is
usually the result of the body ridding itself of toxins.
Common healing discharges resulting from effective dog treatments
include...

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